Travel the World
Your friends are at camp. Your vacation trip is over. What do you do with the rest of your summer? If you have the time and the imagination you can travel the world by book!
The best thing about traveling by imagination is that you can go as far as you like. You could concentrate on Independence days and celebrate with both France and Pakistan on August 14, India on August 15, and Indonesia on August 17. Or you could focus on a favorite place. You could go on a safari in Botswana, for example, or visit Japan just in time for the Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival at the end of July or the Aomori Nebuta Float Festival in early August.
Wherever you want to go, make your first trip a jaunt down the 900s aisle, where you can investigate almost any country to your heart’s content.
Some Reading Adventures
All About Japan: Stories, Songs, Crafts, and More by Willamarie Moore
Experience Japan the way a Japanese kid does! Learn some of the stories, songs, and activities loved by kids in Japan.
Dracula’s Castle by Clara Bennington
Marvel at the beauty of Bran Castle and find out for yourself how it came to be known as Dracula's Castle.
My Incredible India by Jasbinder Bilan
From elephants bathing near houseboats to trains in the snow-covered Himalayas, journey across India and celebrate its people, places, and wildlife.
New Zealand: Enchantment of the World by Donna Walsh Shepard
Learn about walking birds and giant ferns and what New Zealanders call “the Kiwi way of life.”
Seven Voyages: How China’s Treasure Fleet Conquered the Sea by Laurence Bergreen
Follow the seven epic voyages of Zheng He, whose travels established China as a global power.
A Weird and Wild Beauty: The story of Yellowstone, the World’s First National Park by Erin Peabody
View the two million acres that compose Yelllowstone, a one-of-a-kind wilderness that Teddy Roosevelt established as “a great national park for the benefit and enjoyment of people."
The Year I Didn’t Go to School by Giselle Potter
Imagine yourself alongside Giselle Potter, who toured Italy with her family at age seven instead of going to school.